349, Lot: 225. Estimate $100. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ACHAEA, Bura. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. Æ Diassarion (23mm, 4.88 g, 11h). Struck circa AD 198-205. ΛO CЄΠTIMIOC ΓЄTAC K, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / BOYPA-ЄωN, Mercury standing right, holding purse and caduceus. Cf. BCD Peloponnesos 468 (Hermes within distyle shrine); NCP –; Dura –; BMC –. VF, dark gray-brown patina, some minor roughness. Extremely rare, and apparently unpublished.

From the J. S. Wagner Collection.